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Post by Charisma69 on Jan 16, 2008 17:28:24 GMT -5
Wow Q, I'm glad you're okay.
I'm just doing a quick drive-by post. Brad's on his way here so I won't have time to chat.
I hope everyone is doing well and hopefully I'll have time to update you guys on the goings on of my life.
I so need a good threesome.
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Post by Rebelman on Jan 16, 2008 18:49:16 GMT -5
Classes have started and I am trying to get international insurance. I'll be in Israel for 14 day in March. Sounds nifty. I'll be in the West Bank for one night Killed a spider the size of a babies hand last night. I've killed two in two in the last two weeks. I hate 2am spider killings. Thus far, I manage. After they so proudly threw all my things out of my room over break and I got another new room after they decided to empty my things in the garbage.
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Post by quantumcat on Jan 19, 2008 5:08:44 GMT -5
Thanks,Cordy. It's great to see you even for a second. You know you are missed. Hugs to you and the delectable men in your life. Does it count as a threesome when Brad is cute enough for two? Enjoy your off-line time and tell Enzo we need to hear some of his Guitar Heroics.
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Post by quantumcat on Jan 19, 2008 6:45:29 GMT -5
Reb, I wish you the best on your trip to Israel-AND your life here in the states. I'm a bit of an arachnophobe myself so I understand your getting creeped out if spiders (or anyone else) started crawling around you in the middle of the night. That said,most spiders (especially the large,leathery ones) are harmless to humans. Their mouthparts are too small to bite,they don't have a venomous sting (or it's ,at most, like a bee sting) and they don't have the fuzzy bodies whose hair can make some people itch. In our region,it's the brown recluses we have to worry about and they'd just as soon be left alone to hide in dark,isolated places and eat the really annoying insects. (Ladybugs,bigger spiders and praying mantises eat them.) Speaking of toxic vermin,I hope the kids who tossed your stuff aren't studying to be clerics. Their grasp of lovingkindness seems lacking and they don't seem to have much sense, either when they can't tell when horseplay has become hazing. If you were less bright and good-natured,you might mistake them for a Daddy Long-legs and spray them with a good dose of Raid. If it were up to me,I'd prefer sharing a floor with Charlotte's kind than some rather dim bullies. For all they know,you've been nibbled by a glow-in-the-dark tarantula and you're about to spin webs around desperadoes when you're not inventing,being a photojournalist and dating supermodels. Even without a mask and tights,you're one of the good guys. The people who count will figure that out.
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Post by Aunt Arlene on Jan 21, 2008 14:21:48 GMT -5
Ouch. Sorry to hear about the collision, q'cat. Glad it was just bumps and bruises though. We need to build a Cordybot to distract Brad and let Cordy spend some time with us.
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Post by quantumcat on Jan 22, 2008 14:55:30 GMT -5
Thanks,Auntie!!! I wasn't banged up tooo bad. (I probably shouldn't have said "Please,may I have another?" after the first hit.) NEVER play bumper cars with real cars on the highway until all parties know the others' insurance information and all have agreed upon a safeword. Who knew spending the better part of an evening in restraints could be boring???
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Post by Rebelman on Jan 22, 2008 23:58:57 GMT -5
My candidate dropped out of the race today, growlers! I guess I'll have to pick McCain then. I'm very curious on how the states would have went with Thompson in them. Oh well, I guess Florida here we come then Super Tuesday. I want Ron Paul to mysteriously disappear. I've never been so sick of hearing about one name in my entire life. His supporters come after me on a regular basis proclaiming him as the New messiah to mankind to something. Aside from that, thanks QCat. I am going to get the bug lady in here. And guess what? We got snow two days in a row, that's nifty and brand new. Don't see that much around here anymore.
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Post by quantumcat on Jan 23, 2008 3:42:06 GMT -5
I'm rather glad Fred dropped out. I think the longer he was in it,the more he felt Steve Colbert,etc. had the right idea. Be a contender just enough to get your point across ,find out who your friends are and test your sphere of influence then get the heck out of the race before people start tearing you apart. The only thing worse than losing a race is winning it. By not quite making the transition from statesman to politician,Fred gets to stay popular,be a pundit,etc. He and Ah-nold (among others) aren't quite perceived as regular elected officials. They are seen as more real and honest. Some other elected folk like Lamar Alexander have retained their status as "just regular folks." The minute a Ron Paul or Ralph Nader or whover goes from "I wish someone like _______ would run" to "Who the bleep told them they knew anything about how the word should operate?" he's lost ground he'll never get back. He'll have gained hassles and lost credibility. Whether one holds office or not,it's better to keep a low profile and work at being a constant,respected leader and resource person. The most successful elected folk make their biggest mark after they leave office. That's when they are seen as having no hidden agenda in what they say or do. The people who "win" their office have to fight manipulation,exploitation and criticism every minute. Incompetence gets them ridicule and resentment and actually having wisdom and integrity REALLY makes them unpopular. I don't know who I'd want in. He or she would have to be incredibly invulnerable to the current hazards and have a superb support structure. Barring that,he'd need to make a nice,innocuous puppet or "ceremonial" President with some of those stealthy people bringing in the smarts and the ethics before anyone has a chance to curtail their efforts. I'd rather see Fred stick with his red truck than wind up in a red shirt like a Star Trek extra or turn into one of the people he's complained about.
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Post by quantumcat on Jan 23, 2008 10:09:21 GMT -5
A gynoid for Cordy...
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Post by Rebelman on Jan 24, 2008 12:03:47 GMT -5
I liked Fred a bit more than that now. He was actually in politics before his acting bit and actually served on counsels in the past so to discredit based on his acting career would seem a bit harsh. He got more fired up at the end which hurt badly. I guess the majority of his voters will go to McCain or Huckabee. Who do you like Q-Cat? At this stage, I'm drawn with McCain but just barely.
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Post by quantumcat on Jan 24, 2008 16:06:32 GMT -5
I'm still praying about it.
I need to do more research but I haven't had as much "gut feeling" lately in either direction.
(I didn't in recent previous elections,either.)
I don't know if I'm getting apathetic or if I'm sensing that there are fewer "must have" or "stop-at-any-cost" candidates.
It's as if we're going to get one of a horde of semi-interchangeable people and outside forces are going to affect what happens in the world more than he or she does.
You know the feeling.
You watch a B movie and the nice,generic or lousy generic President could be about anybody.
The head honchoes in Independence Day,Battlestar Galactica,etc. at least had some dimension to them.
I think I'd elect Mayor Richard Wilkins before some of these guys just because he seems affable,competent and a little bit capable of loving behavior.
Sure,he' s all out for himself , uses selfish minions and is in league with evil forces but I assume that about everybody until proven otherwise.
I don't know if this comes more from Joss or Jesus but I find myself thinking one can repent from being sinister and demonic a lot easier than getting over being feckless and stupid.
I'm waitiing for that moment when my left brain with all its voting record and think tank research matches up with my right brain idealism and demands that I get behind a real life being as dynamic and likeable and noble as the heroes of West Wing or Frank Capra movies.
The older I get,the more I fear the Anti-Christs who destroy by the good they leave undone more than by the evil that they do.
Competent, responsible, daring, compassionate, ethical ,incisive, diligent and charismatic (in both senses of the word)-is that too much to ask?
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Post by Charisma69 on Jan 25, 2008 19:22:59 GMT -5
Ouch. Sorry to hear about the collision, q'cat. Glad it was just bumps and bruises though. We need to build a Cordybot to distract Brad and let Cordy spend some time with us. You really have no idea how much I need one of those.
Last night I went to bed early since I was feeling bad. Not actual sickness, just girly stuff. Anyway, I had to work early so I thought I'd get to bed early.
Brad was over playing "Dark Cloud" for the PSII. When I tell him I'm turning in he says, "But don't you want to watch me beat this level?"
This is what I thought in my head, "No, for the love of God no! Just let me get some freaking sleep! I don't care about the game. -Okay, I'd like to be the one playing since the game is actually mine and I didn't realize it was cool since I'd never gotten around to playing it and now he's hogging it, but that's not the point - [Anya]Just give me some freakin' sleep![/Anya]"
So, he lets me go off to bed but then he comes in and turns on the TV.
Now it's sweet that he wants to spend time with me and he can't tear himself away but there's a perfectly good television in the living room and I have to work in the morning.
It's been really, really cold here so he hasn't worked much since his boss keeps calling work off due to the extreme cold. (He builds decks).
Well, I wake up and notice the television is on so I comment on it. He says, "Well, you were asleep so it obviously wasn't bothering you."
I manage to fall back to sleep for a little while and then I wake up again. I again ask him why he's watching television in my room instead of the living room.
He tells me the show will only be on for 10 more minutes and he'll turn it off.
I tell him about how annoyed I used to get at my ex-husband back when we were dating and we shared a one room apartment. How he would keep me from getting any sleep by watching television all night.
Well, I manage to fall back to sleep but only lightly this time. I know that 10 minutes has come and gone and yet the television is still on.
When I wake up again I see it's 1 a.m. and the television is still on.
By now I'm really getting angry. I mean really, why be that inconsiderate? I'm trying to freaking sleep. It's not like he can't be outside the room watching television. Nobody is in the living room. My son is also in bed so he's not hogging the living room television.
He again tells me that what he's watching is almost over. I tell him it's 1 O'Clock in the freaking morning! Why aren't you watching tv in the living room?!!!
He says, "Because your couch sucks."
So what, get over it! I'm trying to sleep.
So, I lay there for another minute then I say, well if you won't go in the living room then I'm going there to get some freakin' sleep!!!
So, I went and laid on the couch with the cat.
I'm just starting to fall asleep again when he comes and wakes me up to tell me to come back in the room. The show is over.
Well, he won't go away so I finally get up and go back in the room - and the tv is still on.
So, I climb into bed and shut it off.
He tells me that he was going to turn it off when I got in bed.
Then he says that I was lucky he didn't just leave since I was being - well a bitca.
He blamed it on PMS.
I told him that it's because it's 1 a.m. and he was being incredibly inconsiderate for keeping me awake when I had to work.
So, when I got up for work a few hours later I did the only mature thing.
I turned on all the lights in the room rather than sneaking around in the dark like I usually do when I get ready.
He woke up and said, "Well I guess paybacks a bitch"
You're damn right it is.
I ended up coming home early from work since I felt like hell. he was still here but he went back home. I was tired and way to cranky to deal with him today.
Of course I miss him now, but it's nice to have a night to myself.
My son is at a friends house, and Brad's playing cards at his Uncle's house so I'm going to enjoy a night of computer gaming goodness.
I haven't really had time to play Oblivion yet. I think I've played it for maybe an hour and I've had it since May.
I'm going to get lost in the game since I'm all rested now. I slept until 2 this afternoon.
I still feel like hell though. Sometimes it really sucks to be a girl.
Wow, that was one hell of a rant. I think I needed that. Though I'm sorry to put you guys through it.
I hope everyone else had a better nights sleep than I did last night.
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Post by TheMasterGeek on Jan 26, 2008 1:52:10 GMT -5
Wow, that was totally inconsiderate of Brad. If someone did that to me, I would have to go out to the store the next day to get a new remote control or tv cause I would break both them to get some rutting sleep. > I would have would handled the next morning the exact same way cept I may have been louder.
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Post by quantumcat on Jan 26, 2008 8:42:08 GMT -5
Cordy,you need some B-6, some evening primrose oil ,aspirin (or similar anti-prostaglandin), optional chocolate or other good source of caffeine and lots of heat.
Brad needs a reality check, a lesson in manners , a clue and a comfortable, new couch that belongs in your living room.
He and his boss need to plan on stuff they can build in cold weather- at least mental work and contracting,arranging for materials,etc.
If they don't have a heated warehouse,maybe they could arrange to share one with similar small scale or seasonal businesses.
Yard furniture, dog houses, play houses, sheds,, handicap ramps,etc. could all go indoors.
Doll houses, birdhouses ,bookcases,etc. would take up even less space.
They could follow the example of the Amish and build sunrooms and Katrina type homes (and see Tumbleweed Houses) indoors to be sold online and transported to the buyer's home when it's pretty.
All that's IF they can't find a way to work a little synergy with local landscape firms, parks or other places that have winter down time and regular construction contractors.
Sure,it's not making decks but the basic skills and things like a good work ethic apply whether you're building a place to barbeque ,a trellis or raised beds or finishing off bathroom cabinets in a high rise.
They should check with their colleagues at lumber yards and home improvement stores if they haven't already.
Every place can use a little upgrading.
The trick is knowing where to find good people when you've got the time and money to get it all done.
A little moonlighting, some volunteer work at Habitat for Humanity, Special Spaces,etc. would keep Brad's firm busy and in the public eye until it's time for decks.
They could even put their names in with local realtors and even DIY or reality type shows to do home makeovers,etc.
That's if they don't have enough desk ttype work to keep them occupied (if not rich) until then.
A little promotion could get them "busywork" for now and projects for the future.
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Post by quantumcat on Jan 26, 2008 9:03:23 GMT -5
BTW, Kev,you said EXACTLY the right thing. (And did so honestly and without thinking about being "correct",I'd wager.) The worst thing about PMS is that a certain type of individual uses it as an excuse for every bit of righteous anger. Either you're suffering from the two weeks before,the week of or the week after. ARRRGHHHHH!!!! My husband tried that ONCE. I asked him if every time he got upset was due to some Post Viet Nam stress disorder making him an irrational putz. Since he's usually pretty bright,he got my point. When folks get upset,there's usually a good reason-even if they are sick,over-worked,pregnant,teething,bi-polared or whatever at the time. These influences may reduce their coping mechanisms or make their reactions more extreme (and potentially lethal) but it doesn't negate the problems or reduce their importance. Thanks,Kev for seeing this as a two people problem and not a poor guy and a hormonal harridan problem. That's one of the reasons we love you.
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